Housing Wire

OCTOBER 13, 2020

End-to-end lending and services platform Finance of America Capital is the latest mortgage company to get in on the mushrooming IPO craze. Finance of America, says its collection of companies has originated over $65 billion in loans since 2017. billion in securitized mortgages as of Oct. billion valuation.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

Despite looking a bit different at the end of 2023, there were a lot of similarities in the full-year Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM)-backed securities (HMBS) issuance tables when compared to recent years. FAR Longbridge +1 3 PHH Mortgage 16.3% PHH Mortgage TMAC +2 6 Guild Mortgage 2.7% MAM Plaza +1 9 Sun West 0.5%

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

While the total number of reverse mortgage industry professionals present at HW Annual in Frisco, Tex. Kathryn Amor, chief product officer at Finance of America Companies, spoke during the event’s mortgage purchase market panel about what Finance of America Reverse (FAR) beings to the table for the larger parent company.

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Housing Wire

JULY 25, 2023

F2 Finance wants to scoop up a share of a “fragmented” fix-and-flip market as a lack of housing inventory sharply limits transactions. There’s about 8,500 fix-and-flip mortgage lenders in the U.S. There’s about 8,500 fix-and-flip mortgage lenders in the U.S. Morgan , Citibank and Wells Fargo, according to Faes.

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Housing Wire

MAY 9, 2022

Fast-rising interest rates hit Finance of America Companies hard in the first quarter of 2022 and the company cut almost 600 jobs compared to one year ago. . The lender’s traditional mortgage business reached $5.1 billion in funded volume in the first quarter, down 26% quarter over quarter and 39% year over year.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 2, 2024

Larry Steinway, VP producing area sales manager at New American Funding He joins NAF from Revolution Mortgage , where he served as branch production sales manager and SVP of mortgage lending for a little over a year. NAF, the 31st largest mortgage lender in America in 2023, according to Inside Mortgage Finance, has been in growth mode.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 27, 2021

Finance of America intends to acquire Parkside Lending ‘s third-party origination channel operation for $40 million, the publicly traded lender and servicer announced Tuesday. It originated roughly $30 billion in mortgages last year across its retail, correspondent and wholesale businesses.

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Housing Wire

MAY 3, 2021

HousingWire’s Finance Leader award recognizes outstanding performers in the finance space. The 2021 winners demonstrated their worth in the crucible of 2020 — navigating through shut-down orders and liquidity concerns before pivoting quickly to respond to record-low interest rates. Academy Mortgage Corporation.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Mortgage industry trade group Community Home Lenders of America (CHLA) is urging government agencies to begin to have conversations surrounding the impact of the jury verdict and potential court ruling in the Sitzer/Burnett commission lawsuit on lending practices.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Nonbank mortgage companies increased their profitability as a group in the third quarter of 2023, compared to the previous quarter, due to the performance of their servicing and origination businesses. Excluding the two unprofitable firms – Finance of America and loanDepot – it averaged 3.4% in the second quarter and 0.4%

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Housing Wire

APRIL 24, 2024

Seniors could choose to employ home equity through a reverse mortgage or other equity-tapping product to manage a series of expenses in retirement , but when it comes to managing their tax burden , it can get more complicated. One option is using home equity to fund a Roth IRA conversion, shielding wealth from higher rates in the future.”

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Multichannel lender Finance of America (FOA) announced Thursday its chief executive officer, Patti Cook , will retire as soon as the company finds a successor. Presented by: Finance of America. Finance of America’s valuation at the debut was expected to be $1.9 billion, with an increase of 0.8%

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Guaranteed Rate this week walked away from negotiations to acquire Finance of America ’s forward mortgage retail channel, which may result in FoA closing the division, sources with direct knowledge of the negotiations told HousingWire. A Guaranteed Rate spokesperson said that the company had no comment.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 4, 2024

When assessing December’s Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) volume data for December 2023, Reverse Market Insight (RMI) used a choice word as the title for its commentary : “thud.” One of the top 10 lenders that posted gains, however, was Open Mortgage. The obvious culprit is still rates. This is a different situation.”

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2024

While reverse mortgage volume in 2024 got off to a rocky start, new data that breaks out retail Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) endorsements versus wholesale production showed that it was the former that took the bigger hit in the first month of the year, based on new data compiled by Reverse Market Insight (RMI). to 358 loans).

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Amid the most challenging mortgage market in decades, multichannel lender Finance of America (FoA) plans to sell its retail mortgage division and shut down its forward wholesale channel, multiple sources told HousingWire. . FoA originated $6 billion through the retail mortgage channel from January to June, down 50.7%

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Housing Wire

MARCH 4, 2024

The reverse mortgage industry already knew that Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) endorsement volume in 2023 was cut nearly in half compared to 2022, but new data shows that the decline was not the same between the retail and wholesale channels of the business. Mutual of Omaha Mortgage firmly took hold of the No.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2024

Equifax’s Work Number product is too expensive for consumers and the Federal Housing Administration ( FHA ) and Federal Housing Finance Agency ( FHFA ) should potentially do something about it, an influential mortgage trade group argued this week. The trade group urged the regulators to examine Equifax’s pricing practices.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Mortgage rates are around 7.7%, the highest levels in over 20 years, and LOs across America are having to reset their strategies. Family members or friends can become a non-occupant co-borrower on a mortgage to help borrowers take out a loan if they have poor credit, limited employment history or a high debt balance.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Former employees at Finance of America Mortgage LLC (FAM) are transitioning to American Pacific Mortgage (APM), as the company will shut down by the end of the year, a source with knowledge of the process told HousingWire. . Multichannel lender Finance of America Companies Inc. (FoA)

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Housing Wire

APRIL 1, 2022

Finance of America CEO Patti Cook. In February, Finance of America CEO Patti Cook announced her retirement after a successful career in finance that spanned 45 years. When you look at how fixed-income developed, mortgage-backed securities were brand new at the time and I was right at the forefront of that work.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) on Tuesday announced that the baseline conforming loan limit for 2023 will be $726,200, an increase of 12.21%, or $79,000, compared to 2022. . It will also result in further debate about whether the government should be backing mortgages as high as $1 million. Virgin Islands.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 25, 2024

Finance of America Companies (FOA) Chief Marketing Officer Chris Moschner found himself working for the lender in the wake of its acquisition of American Advisors Group (AAG), and Moschner previously told RMD about his journey to the position and the “intoxicating” opportunity he sees in the reverse mortgage space.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2024

University Bank ’s reverse mortgage division has added four key hires across different disciplines as it prepares to grow further in the reverse mortgage space. Both Droge and Olmos come to University Bank from Open Mortgage , which shuttered its own top 10 reverse mortgage lending division late last year.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 21, 2022

The stock market has not been kind to mortgage lenders – some are now trading in the $1-a-share range. In a one-week period between June 10 and June 17, 11 publicly traded mortgage companies lost a collective $6.14 Other indexes showed rates north of 6% last week. billion in market capitalization.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 2, 2021

Finance of America on Monday will become the latest lender to make its debut on the New York Stock Exchange. It’s the second large-scale mortgage lender to go public via a SPAC in 2021, after broker-based United Wholesale Mortgage began trading in late January. The lender increased originations by 70% to $32.63

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 9, 2023

A mortgage lender isn’t the first place most people would turn to for yoga, meditation or personal wellness. However, Guaranteed Rate hopes to change that with the launch of its new consumer-focused Rate App. The app offers users the standard fare you’d expect in a mortgage app from a major fintech lender.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 14, 2022

Consolidation in the mortgage industry is likely in 2022, analysts and lending executives said. Justin Woodward has experienced the best and the worst of the mortgage industry in only 18 months. “I had not done first mortgage lending before, but I was familiar with the basics of real estate lending.

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Housing Wire

JULY 6, 2023

Finance of America (FOA) announced Thursday that its indirect subsidiary Incenter closed the sale of its title insurance businesses. The company previously announced that it would be selling its title insurance businesses in early February. for $100 million, according to a filing with the U.S.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Finance of America Companies (FOA), which had previously borrowed $60 million from longtime backer Blackstone Group , has increased its borrowed amount to $85 million and extended the end of its repayment term from November 2024 to May 2025. This is according to an 8-K filing made this week by FOA with the U.S.

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Housing Wire

JULY 22, 2022

Guaranteed Rate is looking to diversify its product mix amid the mortgage downturn. The mortgage lender has rolled out its first personal loan product. Standard fixed rate loans range from 5.74% APR and 19.99% APR. ” The personal loans could also be a good source of leads for mortgages down the road.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Jim Anderson is joining Finance of America Mortgage , a national, full-service mortgage banker as chief marketing officer, bringing more than 20 years of marketing experience to the company. The post People movers: realtor.com, Opendoor, Finance of America and FormFree appeared first on HousingWire.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 4, 2023

The last week of the calendar year is usually a slow time for the mortgage industry, but 2022 was something else. Mortgage applications decreased 13.2% That’s because costs for borrowers were higher, reflecting the mortgage market’s response to the Federal Reserve ‘s tightening monetary policy.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2023

Higher interest rates pushed up profits for Bank of America (BofA) in the first quarter of 2023, but much like its depository peers, JP Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo , the mortgage business dropped by double-digits during this period. Deposits at Bank of America were above $1 trillion for the seventh straight quarter, posting $1.91

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Housing Wire

APRIL 3, 2023

Rocket Mortgage is throwing a big incentive at spring homebuyers, offering them up to $10,000 in closing cost credits if they work with a real estate agent through its affiliate, Rocket Homes. “With BUY+, Rocket Mortgage is making this process a lot easier to achieve, lowering a hurdle for those who are ready for a home of their own.”

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 11, 2023

Chantilly, Virginia-headquartered mortgage bank Prosperity Home Mortgage , a subsidiary of HomeServices of America , promoted Justin Messer to president and CEO on January 1, 2023. Long & Foster Companies is a subsidiary of HomeServices of America, a Berkshire Hathaway affiliate. in the mortgage lending space. .

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 4, 2023

Kathryn Amor, former senior vice president of Finance of America Companies (FoA), has taken on a new role at Guaranteed Rate as the Chicago-based lender looks to diversify its product mix amid the mortgage downturn. That same month, Guaranteed Rate also added home equity line of credit (HELOC) options for homeowners.

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